{{Short description|Architecture magazine in Spain (1974–1985)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox magazine | image_file = | image_size = | image_caption = | editor = Rosa Regàs | editor_title = Editor-in-chief | frequency = Bimonthly | circulation = | category = Architecture magazine | company = | publisher = La Gaya Ciencia | founder = Rosa Regàs <br> Oriol Bohigas <br> Enric Satué | founded = 1974 | firstdate = | finaldate = 1985 | country = Spain | based = Barcelona | language = Spanish | website = | issn = 0213-1692 }} '''''Arquitecturas Bis''''' was a Spanish bimonthly architecture magazine which was published in Barcelona, Spain, between 1974 and 1985. Its subtitle was ''información gráfica de actualidad'' (Spanish: ''current graphic information'').<ref name=dial/>
==History and profile== ''Arquitecturas Bis'' was launched in Barcelona in 1974.<ref name=digi/><ref name=joamor>{{cite thesis|author=Joaquim Moreno|degree=PhD |title=“Arquitecturas Bis” (1974–1985): From Publication to Public Action|year=2011|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/854862506?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true|location=Princeton University|id={{ProQuest|854862506}}|isbn=978-1-124-48892-9|pages=10,82}}</ref> The founders were writer Rosa Regàs, architect Oriol Bohigas and graphic designer Enric Satué.<ref name=avr17>{{cite journal|author=Alejandro Valdivieso Royo|title=Rafael Moneo's writings for 'Arquitecturas Bis' (1974-1985). The figure of the architect: Gregotti & Rossi (1974) |journal=REIA, Revista Europea de Investigación en Arquitectura|date=2017|issue=7–8|pages=277–295|issn=2340-9851|url=https://oa.upm.es/55409/}}</ref> Regàs also served as the editor-in-chief and was the owner of La Gaya Ciencia, the publisher of the magazine.<ref name=digi>{{cite web|title=Arquitecturas Bis|publisher=Digitalia|access-date=13 April 2022|url=https://www.digitaliapublishing.com/w/27/}}</ref> ''Arquitecturas Bis'' appeared on a bimonthly basis<ref name=dial>{{cite web|title=Arquitecturas bis información gráfica de actualidad|publisher=Dialnet|access-date=13 April 2022|language=es|url=https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/revista?codigo=8908}}</ref> and had a layout of 230x395 mm.<ref name=joamor/>
The magazine editors were mostly Catalans who included Federico Correa, Lluís Domènech, Rafael Moneo, Helio Piñón, Manuel de Solà-Morales and Tomás Llorens.<ref name=harv>{{cite web|title=The Epistemological Condition of the Magazine: Arquitecturas Bis and its Editorial Board (1974-1985)|access-date=13 April 2022|url=https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/project/the-epistemological-condition-of-the-magazine-arquitecturas-bis-and-its-editorial-board-1974-1985/|publisher=Harvard Graduate School of Design}}</ref> Luis Peña Ganchegui later became a member of the editorial board.<ref name=avr17/> In 1977 Fernando Villavecchia began to work for the magazine as the secretary of the editorial board.<ref name=avr17/> It contained news, notes, theoretical writings, historical essays, criticism and books reviews.<ref name=avr17/> ''Arquitecturas Bis'' focused on architecture-related topics, but also featured articles dealing with the question of aesthetic in a critical manner.<ref name=digi/>
The magazine collaborated with ''Oppositions'', a New York-based architecture magazine.<ref name=beatlau/> The same writers published articles in both titles which frequently cited each other.<ref name=beatlau>{{cite journal|author1=Beatriz Colomina|author2=Lauren Kogod|title=At home with parents|journal=Assemblage|date=August 1996|volume=30|page=108|doi=10.2307/3171460|jstor=3171460|author1-link=Beatriz Colomina}}</ref>
The magazine folded in 1985 after producing a total of 32 single and 10 doubles issues.<ref name=avr17/>
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